[Supras] E85 retrofit

[Jim Thomann]

I agree.  Not many people will use E85 when it becomes more available if 
the price/performance stays so poor.

I don't know what E85 typically come in at, but it does have a higher 
octane rating, right?  Can't that be used by design or tuning to make up 
some of the performance gap?

What about lines and seals?  Will the internals hold up?

Brandon wrote:
 From what i have heard and found through minimal research.   Is that 
E85 has
to run at a far richer a/f, which means worse MPG than you get now, and 
will usually require larger fuel injectors to accomadate this.   I was 
going to try it on the Honda i had for a winter beater last year, since 
the ECU's can be easily chipped, and i can burn a chip w/ two programs 
and switch between them w/ a switch it would have been perfect.  Problem 
was there was only one gas station i found in town that carried it,(this 
is in NEBRASK!!! we have plenty of damn corn here!)  and it was still 
expensive.... 
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2006-02-14-e85-usat_x.htm
for example.  Thats when i quit thinking about it.